The Pentagon says it is starved for money, and national security is being imperiled by the (largely) 10% across-the-board budget cut imposed under sequestration nearly three weeks ago.
Majoring in Drones: Higher Ed Embraces Unmanned Aircraft
Schools are adopting majors and certificate programs in unmanned aircraft systems to prepare students for potential future jobs.
Smoke on the Water
Sailors aboard the destroyer USS William P. Lawrence approach a burning vessel in the Strait of Hormuz March 11.
Of Blood and Treasure
Monday begins a three-post series by former Marine – yes, we know there is no such thing – William Treseder on American blood and treasure.
He’s one of those strange hybrids: a Marine sergeant who ended up as one of a …
Why We’re So Irrational When It Comes to Tax Refunds
Think about it: A tax refund is just that — a refund of your own hard-earned money. It’s not a gift or a stroke of good fortune. The problem is that most people don’t look at tax refunds …
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Committee to Save the GOP: Pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Become Inclusive to Gays, or Keep Losing
The Republican Party will release a report today that provides the blueprint for how the party must adapt from its 2012 electoral defeat…
Iraq: Ten Years After
The U.S. invaded Iraq 10 years ago Tuesday. It was almost déjà war: the nation had done pretty much the same thing 12 years before, but the goal that time was limited to kicking Saddam Hussein‘s forces out of Kuwait and …
“No one from the intelligence community, anyplace else ever came in and said, ‘What if Saddam is doing all this deception because he actually got rid of the WMD and he doesn't want the Iranians to know?' Now somebody should have asked that question. I should have asked that question. Nobody did. Turns out that was the most important question in terms of the intelligence failure that never got asked.”
Banging the War Drums
Spent a snippet of Sunday morning on CNN’s Reliable Sources debating just how badly the press performed prior to the Iraq invasion, which began 10 years ago Tuesday.
Host Howard Kurtz, the Washington Post‘s Rajiv …
Steubenville Rape Case: Witness Says He Took Photos of Alleged Victim
A witness takes the stand — reluctantly — as a high-profile rape trial involving two Ohio high school football players continues.
Possible North Korean Threat Triggers Beefed-Up U.S. Missile Shield
The Obama Administration took the offense on missile defense Friday, saying it will fatten up the nation’s thin missile-defense shield by nearly 50% to defend against a possible North Korean attack.
The added missiles were …
Steubenville Teen Rape Case: Witness Pleads Fifth as Trial Continues
The trial of two high school football players for the rape of a young girl entered its third day Friday with a dramatic statement from the witness stand.